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wolves, &., have been commonly found in similar situations, doubtless 
yy some local perha me single 
pioneer Jesuit may have buried it, purely as a record of early, a 
mueh as we deposit coins, &c., in the corner-stones of churches and 
_ While in Washington, last summer, I showed i to Maj. Bowman an, of 
n “ 
who was greatly given to the work of deciphering dark records in the 
nguages. His translatio ee eee 
disposed of, by the Academy. 
hag Yours tool 
. Y. McMasters. 
Dr. C. A. Pope. 
onretion: :— A modern copper coin of the Eng. E. India Company. 
D: Persian Arabic characters are ' He who is the shadow of Divine favor,” 
bs er in en guage ; > 
siete oe rabic (spoken by the Mahomedans of Assam). They 
tignty the samme thine i, e., that the coin is of the current value of two 
pieces, in all the BE. India ia depende encies of es Britain. 
Go. 
LDsBOROUGH welder 
Washington, July 10, 1858. 
the people with 
pe Ny Cee ; 
conquered ‘Assam, and 
age re until a ST themselves 4 he ono Egg n 1824, and 
iat of 1826 to leave the country, forever after, under the 
of the Ee English. ‘ast India Company. £6 B 
xsi of puesta peimans were acpi ie Me- 
| December is 1858, 
